Receptacle for money.



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1 REGBPTAGLE FOR MONEY.

APPLIUATION FILED DBo.31.`19o1.

905,81 1 Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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EZRA T. GILLILAND, OF PELHAM MANOR, NEW YORK; LILLIAN M. GILLILAND ANDEUGENE W. CRANE, EXECUTORS OF SAID EZRA T. GILLILAND, DECEASED,ASSIGNORS TO WALTER F. BURNS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTACLE FOR MONEY.

Application lled December 31, 1901.

Specification of Letters Patent.

citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Pelham Manor, Vestchester county, New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvement-s in Receptacles for Money, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles for money, such as are used as themedium of savings banks or banks of deposit for collecting savings whichare to be deposited in the bank, the latter distributing the receptaclesamong the depositors, who retain them at their places of residences, andfrom time to time, as a sufficient amount is accumulated inthereceptacles, take them to the bank or place of deposit, where thereceptacles are opened and the contents removed and credited to thedepositors.

The object of my invention is to render the receptacle generally safeand secure, as where, for instance, it is in the form of a poor-box orpublic contribution-box, the means for opening which is in the hands ofa collector.

To this end, my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and thenparticularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved receptacle for savings. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on theline II-II, Fig. 3. Fig?) is a transverse section on the line III-III,Fig. 2. Fig. 4- is a longitudinal section on the line IV-IV, Fig. 3,part broken away. Fig. 5 is a detail underside view of the lid or coverof the receptacle, showing the parts mounted thereon, a portion beingremoved. Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the rotary trapping disk.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the receptacle will be seen tocomprise a box 1 provided with a cover 2 suitably locked to the'boX. Thebox-body or shell and the cover or lid may be of any suitablesheet-metal, enameled or highly polished, as desired, so as to presentan ornate appearance. The cover 2 is provided with a bailhandle 3 andwith a coin-slot 4. These parts as such are present in all receptaclesof this class, although the handle might, of course, be omitted; andWhere, for instance, the receptacle is to be used as a poor-box, publiccontribution-box, or other receptacle for coins or valuables, the formof the same will be such as is best adapted for that purpose.

The novel feature of my invention resides in the coin-trappingmechanism. This mechanism comprises a rotary trapping disk 5, journaledat 6 in the well 7 which is fixed to one side of the inner surface ofthe cover 2, so as to be located under the coin-slot 4. The diameter ofthe trapping disk 5 is somewhat less than that of the well 7 and aportion of the periphery of the disk protrudes through the cover of thebox at a point alongside of the coin-slot 4. For the easy rotation ofthe trapping disk 5, the periphery of the same is preferably milled orserrated, so that by passing the hand across the cover and in contactwith the disk, a rotation may be imparted thereto for the purposepresently to be disclosed. The well 7 is provided at one side of thedisk 5 with a dischargeopening 8 and the rotary trapping-disk 5 isprovided on one side with preferably concentric segmental guard-pieces9. These guard-pieces, such as 9, are preferably arranged in three sets,each set being composed of three guard-pieces decreasing in length fromthe periphery of the disk inwardly, so as to form between them threecoinpockets 9a. The guard-pieces 9 project sufficiently from the surfaceof the disk to form, or almost form, contact with the opposing surfaceof the well 7, and thereby provide coin-pockets of such size as toreceive coins of various dimensions, while by the radial arrangement ofthe sets of guardpieces 9, it is impossible fora coin in one pocket tobe moved into another pocket. The coin introduced through the coin-slot4 will drop into the coin-pocket 9a of the disk 5, which is placed inline with the coinslot, and when the disk is rotated sufficiently so asto bring the coin opposite the discharge opening 8,' the said coin willdrop into the receiving chamber of the boX l. Should, perchance, thecoin not drop through the discharge opening 8, means are present forpushing the coin off of the rotary trappingdisk 5, namely, strippers 10,which are formed by slotting one wall of the well 7 to form fingers,which are all bent in the same inward direction, so that theirextremities will rest upon the adjacent surface of the said disk. Itwill be seen that these strippers will absolutely dislodge a coin from acoinpocket of the disk 5 and cause it to drop into the receiving chamberof the box 1. The slits between the strippers permit the guard-pieces 9to pass clear of the strippers.

Means are provided 'for preventing the rotary trapping-disk from beingrotated in both directions. To this end, springmetal detents 11 and 12perferably two, are riveted or otherwise suitably fastened at one end tothe outer wall of the well 7, while at their other ends they are free toprotrude through openings 13, 14, formed in the well. The protruding`ends or extremities of the detents 11 and 12 are arranged equidistantlyfrom the axis 6 of the rotary disk 5 and in the circular path ofmovement of notches or recesses 15 which are formed in the adj acentside of the disk. These notches are formed like ratchet-teeth, that isto say, they have square shoulders, against which the extremities of thedetents are adapted to take, when the rotary disk is turned in onedirection, and to thereby preclude the rotation of the disk in thatdirection, but they are inclined adjacent to the shoulders, so that,when the rotary disk is turned in the other or forward direction, theywill permit the detents to simply bear frictionally upon the diskwithout interfering with its rotation in a forward direction.Preferably, two of thesedetents are provided, one at a time taking intoone of the notches 15, so that when the disk is rotated forward for thenext notch, at the other side of the disk, the other detent will takethereinto, the detents alternately taking into notches at oppositesides, This construction is preferable for safetys sake, as should aperson take a notion to force the rotary disk backwardly, it mightresult in the breaking of one of the detents, but the other one wouldhold the disk.

The cover is secured to the receptacle by a combination lock which iswithout the usual dial forming an integral part thereof, but in whichthe dial forms part of an opener which is a separate piece of apparatus.The combination lock is provided with a locking-bar or bolt 16, mountedto slide upon the under surface of the cover. The bolt is locked whenthrown by disktumblers 17, which may be set through a stem 18 thatprotrudes through the cover and is engaged by the opener. A keyhole 19through the cover admits a key to engagement with the bolt for throwingthe same when the tumblers are set.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In a receptacle for money, the combination of a box provided with acoin-slot, a cointrapping mechanism comprising a well provided with adischarge opening, a cointrapping disk journaled in the well andprovided with concentric segmental guard pieces projecting 'from theside of the disk into the well and forming pockets between them, andfixed coin-strippers projecting from the side wall of the well betweenthe concentric guard pieces, substantially as described.

Signed at Pelham Manor, New York, this 27 th day of December, 1901.

EZRA T. GILLILAND.

fitnesses JOSEPH ENGLISH, O. B. SERGEANT.

